Environmental factors associated with the spatial distribution of crustose coralline algae on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-309

  Fabricius, K ^a   De'ath, G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corallinales; Crustose coralline algae; Great Barrier Reef; Rhodophyta; Sedimentation; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035019426     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380000120     Document Type: Article

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